Joseph agustus eeinfeld



(No Model.)

J. A. REINFELD.

. TIGKBTYGASB. No. 355,207.. Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

ilNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

JOSEPH AGUSTUS REINFELD,

OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

TICKET-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.355,20'7, dated December28, 1886 I Application filed August 17, 1886. Serial No.21l,l5l. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH AGUs'rUs REIN- FELD, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Rochester, in' the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Ticket-Cases, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket-cases; and it consists ofthe details of construction, combination, and arrangement of the partsfor service, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

The objectof my invention is the provision of a case especially adaptedfor holding cartickets and enabling them to be readily supplied to theuser as they are required.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form ofcover for the case, which cannot become detached, and which willeffectually retain the tickets in place and prevent them from slippingout.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tioketcase whichwill be small, so as to take up very little room in the pocket and notbe in the way, whichwill be neat in appearance, easy and thoroughlyeffective in operation, and cheap of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view-of myimproved ticket-case. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is aView of the cover removed from the case. Fig. 4 is an end elevation ofthe case. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the'spring-arms for thecover.

Referring to the drawings, A designates my improved ticket-case,constructed of metal and made rectangular in form, which case consistsof the bottom a, sides a and a and ends a and a. The sides a and a havetheir upper edges turned or flanged to form guides or ways B and B, forthe purpose to be explained. The end a of the case Ais provided withnotches b and b on its upper edge, at opposite sides.

A plate, 0, is fitted within the case A, and has a spring, D, secured toits under side and resting on the bottom a of the case. From thisconstruction it'will be seen that the plate 0 is always pressed upwardlyby the spring D, and the tickets, which rest upon the plate, areretained. at the top ready to be removed from the case.

of the said arms. The outer side edges of these arms are adapted toslide back and forth in the guides or ways B and B.

Secured to the underside of the arms eand 6, near their free ends belowthe grooves f and f, are spring-arms G and G, the free ends of thespring-arms G and G being connected by a strip or cross-bar, H, whichfits snugly over the end of the case when the lid is fitted in position.In operation, when these spring-arms G and G are pressed upwardly insliding the cover, they rest in the grooves f and f, and retain thecover in place.

The manner of using my device is as follows: The tickets are placed inthe case upon the plate 0. The cover is fitted in the case, the sideedges of the arms 6 and a moving in the guides or ways B and B, and thespring-arms G and G receivedin the grooves f and f of the arms e ande,and also in the notches b and b of the case A, and by reason of thespring action of of the said arms the cover is retained tightly inplace, and all danger of its becoming loose or working out is prevented.

It will be observed that I provide a ticketcase which will always supplythe tickets one at a time through the open end of the case as the userrequires them, and also that the tick ets cannot became torn in thecase.

Heretofore it has been the common practice to deliver the tickets inenvelopes, and very often in removing the tickets from the envelope morethan the required quantity are put in the fare-box, because the ticketsoften stick together; also, very often in removing the tickets from theenvelope they fall and are scattered over the car, causing muchinconvenience and annoyance in picking them up.

It will be readily observed that my device overcomes these objections,as the user can only push out one ticket at a time.

To prevent the entire withdrawal of the loo cover,I provide lugs m m onthe under side of the arms 6 and e, at the inner termination of thespring-arms G G, which lugs catch against the closed end a of the box orcase, and hold the cover from being entirely withdrawn each time it isslid out.

To make the connection more secure and effect a neat joint, the ends ofthe strip or bar H are turned in, as at n n, to catch around the sides aand a of the box or case at the corners.

I clain1 1. The herein-described ticket-case, having guides or ways Band B, spring-actuated plate 0, fitted in the case A, and aspring-actuated lid or cover, E, working back and forth in the guides orways B and B, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the box or case A, of a lid or cover, E, havinggrooves f and f on its under side, spring-arms G and G, secured to theunder sides of the cover or lid,below the grooves, and a plate, H,secured to the front ends of the arms G and G, the lid working back andforth in the case A, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the box'or case A, of the sliding cover or lid,spring-arms G and G, secured to the under side of the cover or lid andbearing on the case or box, as set forth.

4. The box or case A, having notches b, in combination with the cover orlid E, springarms G G, secured to the cover or lid and working in thenotches b, and a plate, H, connecting the free ends of the spring-arms GG, as set forth.

5. The case or box A, in combination with the sliding cover or lid E,the spring-arms G G on the under side-of the cover or lid, the plate H,connecting the ends of the arms, and the turned ends n at the ends ofthe plate H, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH AGUSTUS REINFELD.

W'it-nesses:

WVILLIAM H. HALL, PHILIPP J. LAMBERT.

